Cessna 172N N3552E accident near Anchorage, Alaska, December 31, 2024
Cessna 172N, registration N3552E, operated by ANGEL AVIATION INC, was involved in an accident near Anchorage, Alaska on December 31, 2024. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as none. Case ANC25LA014 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 58 minutes of the flight after departing the Anchorage/Merrill Fld area (PAMR), reaching a maximum of 825 ft. The last recorded position was at 22:27 UTC, at -50 ft and 36 knots, climbing at 0 feet per minute, about 1 km from Anchorage/Merrill Fld (PAMR).
The nearest weather report, from PAMR (0 km away), showed calm wind, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Cessna 172N registered in United States (Mode S A3FA03).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- December 31, 2024
- Location
- Anchorage, Alaska
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172N
- Registration
- N3552E
- Operator
- ANGEL AVIATION INC
- Injuries
- None
- NTSB case
- ANC25LA014 (Completed)
- Departure area
- Anchorage/Merrill Fld (PAMR)
- Nearest airport
- Anchorage/Merrill Fld (PAMR)
- Recorded flight
- 58 min, max 825 ft
- Last recorded position
- 22:27 UTC, -50 ft, 36 kt
3D flight replay
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Sources: NTSB case ANC25LA014; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.